Foul play ruled out in death of man in Aberdeen

Foul play was ruled out after an autopsy on a man found Saturday morning in an abandoned factory building.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office was called to the scene on Atlantic Avenue near the Aberdeen-Matawan train station to investigate the discovery of a man who was dead, Charles Webster, spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office, said.

Investigators found the body in an abandoned factory building, he said. Webster couldn't say if the man was homeless or how the body was discovered, and he did not provide the man's identity. The cause of death was not given.

The discovery was first brought to the attention of the Matawan Police Department, although there was a language issue and some details were unclear, said police Lt. Ben Smith.

"They came to us to let us know there was a body over there," Smith said.

Police took the people reporting the discovery to the scene and called Aberdeen Police Department to take over the investigation because the site was just inside their jurisdiction, he said.

Aberdeen Police Chief John T. Powers referred questions to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, which didn't have more information to release on Saturday.

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Foul play ruled out in death of man in Aberdeen

Foul play was ruled out after an autopsy on a man found Saturday morning in an abandoned factory building.

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